Definition of Charles Goodyear

1. Noun. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).

Exact synonyms: Goodyear
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Discoverer, Inventor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Goodyear

Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Eames
Charles Edouard Jeanneret
Charles Edward Berry
Charles Edward Ives
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Follen McKim
Charles Fourier
Charles Francis Hall
Charles Francois Gounod
Charles Franklin Kettering
Charles Franklin Peirce
Charles Frederick Menninger
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Goodyear (current term)
Charles Grey
Charles Hardin Holley
Charles Henry Harrod
Charles Herbert Best
Charles I
Charles II
Charles IX
Charles James Fox
Charles Joseph Clark
Charles Kay Ogden
Charles Kettering
Charles L'Enfant
Charles Lamb

Literary usage of Charles Goodyear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leading American Inventors by George Iles (1912)
"Charles Goodyear AIR and water, food and shelter, were the first gifts of Nature to man. Amid his lowly kindred he soon declared his primacy by wielding ..."

2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1884)
"This striking personage in the group of truth seekers is that of Charles Goodyear. He saw new properties in the gum of a tree. He had faith that there must ..."

3. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"Charles Goodyear, of St. John's-wood—Improvements in the manufacture of pens, ... Charles Goodyear, of Avenue-road, St. John's 2009. Charles Goodyear ..."

4. Tarry at Home Travels by Edward Everett Hale (1906)
"Let one of my young friends who wants a theme for a tragedy try his hand on this story. Do not tell me that what Mrs. Richmond says Charles Goodyear. ..."

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